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Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Poritiinae
Tribus: Liptenini
Subtribus: Pentilina
Genus: Pentila
Species: Pentila hewitsoni
Subspecies: Pentila hewitsoni hewitsoni
Name
Pentila hewitsoni hewitsoni (Grose-Smith & Kirby, [1887]).
Type locality: Nigeria: [“Old Calabar”].
Holotype: tbc.
Synonymy
- Tingra hewitsoni Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1887: 3 (? not located in BHL).
- Tingra laura Kirby, 1890: 267; Grose-Smith & Kirby, [1891]: 61, pl.15 figs 1-3. Nigeria: “Lagos”. Synonymy in Williams, 2007.
- Pentila hewitsoni (Grose-Smith & Kirby); Aurivillius, 1922: 308, pl.61g.
- Pentila hewitsoni leura [sic] [form] (Kirby); Stempffer, 1967: 18.
- Pentila hewitsoni hewitsoni (Grose-Smith & Kirby); Stempffer & Bennett, 1961: 1199 fig. + genit.; Stempffer, 1967: 18; Williams, 2007: Pentilina 31.
References
- Aurivillius, C. 1908–1925. In: Seitz, A., 1908–25. Die Großschmetterlinge des Afrikanischen Faunengebietes. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 13: 1-613, pls. 1-80. Reference page.
- Grose-Smith, H. & Kirby, W.F. 1887–1902. Rhopalocera Exotica - being Illustrations of New, Rare and Unfigured Species of Butterflies 3 Vols. Gurney & Jackson, London. Vol. 1; Vol. 2; Vol. 3. Reference page.
- Stempffer, H. & Bennett, N.H. 1961. Revision du genre Pentila Westwood (Lep. Lycaenidae). Bulletin de l’Institut Francais d’Afrique Noire (A) 23: 1098–1211. Reference page.
- Stempffer, H. 1967. The genera of the African Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), entomology. Supplement 10: 322pp, 1pl. BHL Reference page.
- Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.